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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2146

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Lunar month 31Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 26, 2146

Lunar 二一四六年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2146-05-21

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2146-05-26

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2146-06-05

    In 10 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2146-06-21

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十六

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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